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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (485036)6/2/2009 11:54:46 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (3) of 1575763
 
"That's not true. This case will be overturned by the SC as it was poorly decided in the lower court and later by her."

So you haven't read it. There are numerous precedents backing the decision. Given the precedents cited and the given laws, the USSC is very unlikely to hear this case.

"The question that was raised is whether this governmental employer can just ignore the outcome of these examinations for promotion -- examinations which are decidedly neutral (racially), SOLELY because not enough blacks (in this instance) scored well on the test."

It wasn't that there weren't enough blacks or Latinos. It was the fact there were zero blacks and 2 Latinos.
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